HARVEST AND INDUSTRY

California Harvest by County

Timber harvest data by ownership for 2002 to most recent available year. The data currently available has been gathered from multiple agencies which use different data collection methods. Reference sources and the methods are described below.



Timber Harvest for Santa Cruz County, California

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Private & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 9,259 0 0 0 9,259
2003 9,705 0 0 0 9,705
2004 10,615 0 0 553 11,168
2005 9,970 0 0 24 9,994
2006 10,278 0 0 0 10,278
2007 9,621 0 0 0 9,621
2008 13,900 0 0 0 13,900
2009 7,995 0 0 34 8,029
2010 14,655 0 0 0 14,655
2011 7,802 1,262 0 0 9,064
2012 4,092 2,583 0 12 6,687
2013 7,797 0 0 15 7,812
2014 10,533 128 0 1,042 11,703
2015 9,382 441 0 0 9,823
2016 8,173 0 0 0 8,173
2017 9,793 1,467 0 16 11,276
2018 11,128 962 0 0 12,090
2019 5,459 0 0 0 5,459
2020 10,171 809 0 0 10,980
2021 20,931 0 0 0 20,931
2022 22,678 0 0 0 22,678




All volumes reported in thousand board feet (MBF) Scribner. Ownerships considered private include: Industrial private (Industrial), Nonindustrial private forests (N.I.P.F), and Native American tribes (Tribal). Ownerships considered public include CAL FIRE (State), United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service (Forest Service), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and County and Municipal (Other Public).



All timber harvests occurring on private lands were collected from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. These data are based on state timber yield tax. It should be noted that for the State of California it was not possible to separate out harvests by private ownership category, so all private ownership timber harvests presented here have been summed together. The URL link to this site is: https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov/taxes-and-fees/timber-tax.htm



For timber harvests occurring on lands managed by CAL FIRE, data were obtained through special request directly from CAL FIRE.



For timber harvest on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) timberlands, data is collected from the BLM Timber Harvest Information System and include: commercial harvests, fuel wood, special forest products (timber harvests that are too small to be viewed as commercial), and stewardship contracting. BLM data can be found at: https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/forests-and-woodlands/timber-sales/bureau-wide-timber-data.



For timber harvest on USDA Forest Service lands, current data is obtained by special request from USDA FS, Nationa Forest System. Forest Service data include all convertible products including fuelwood and non-saw material.